senator blount. senator ayotte. senator sessions. all of these are things i have worked on with republicans to cut spending and to make our spending more responsible. lots of different bills. but congressman akin wants to go back. he wants to go back to the same policies that created this mess in the first place. he wants to go back to a policy where all you have to do is do another tax cut for the wealthy and everything will be fun. and absolutely no rules of the road for the greed of wall street. cut veterans benefits but give another tax cut to tom brady. eliminate student loans but give another tax cut to to the koch brothers. privatize social security and medicare put more costs on seniors but give a tax cut to wealthiest wealthy of america. i don't think we have to do that. i don't think we have to go back. let's go forward together and fix it. >> moderator: jonathan dine. dine: in the last few decades the federal government exploded in size. no area of your life, your business or your wallet is free from the meddling of politi